Poetry Marathon Submission #12

“I am absolutely going to find you.” You left with my bag of books. I had testing tomorrow, and you ran off. I took my shower, washed my hair. I made a snack for both of us. On the table it was all set for…

Zoom

Hours have flown by, minutes have crawled There’s only one thing to do: Take up the pen, get writing again The warm-up’s done, so now follow through Somehow, between four, and six-thirty, I blinked, and the clock hands jumped. Get writing again, take up the…

Quest

Mine is a noble quest I go withour fear I know that every test Just means that I’m near I go withour fear Through the treasures and traps I shan’t turn off here My way’s marked on my maps I know that every test Firms…

Momentary Setback

The lure of disappointment’s strong, To get it wrong And let it go “I told you so”. It’s hard to keep on fighting when I could give in Twelve minutes late, And such a state… But I won’t take the easy out I’ll stand and…